Tuesday morning arrived with a crane and a lot of saws.[32] A group of us stood there as the lumberjack[33] felled the tree limb by limb. At the end of the day, all that remained was its massive stump, stacks of firewood, and piles of sawdust.[34] That evening we sat on Bill’s porch facing where the beech used to be. We stayed until it was dark.
Somehow through the dying of our tree, I began to let go of[35] New York. I got to know my neighbors. There was a huge hole where the tree had been, but I didn’t want to live anywhere else anymore. Bill made one final video, of the tree coming down. It ended with a postscript, “Before the tree came down, we felt the loss. Now we’re surprised by how much we feel the light.”
Vocabulary
1. run-down: 破败失修的;real estate: 房地产。
2. cajole: 以甜言蜜语诱哄。
3. decrepit: 年久失修的,破旧的;can-do: 肯苦干的,乐观进取的;looming: 隐隐呈现的;register:〈口〉注意到,记住。
4. overhaul: 彻底翻修。
5. tackle: 处理;tedious: 单调乏味的;shade:(色彩的)浓淡深浅。
6. stroll: 闲逛。
7. driveway: 私人车道。
8. reproach: 责备。
9. stuffy: 沉闷乏味的;nosy: 好管闲事的。
10. Upper West Side: 上西区,是纽约市曼哈顿的一片街区,以时尚著称。
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